The following collections are part of AM Explorer, a large database of primary source collections from Adam Matthew Digital. A Wellesley login is required.
Primary sources from the history of Caribbean territories under British colonial governance, including trade and shipping records, details of plantation life, colonial settlement, and more.
Dates: 1624-1870 CE
Audio and video recordings, field notebooks, and journals documenting music from Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.
Primary sources documenting slavery and abolition, including court records, slavery testimonies, pamphlets, books, maps, and more. Areas of focus include the African coast, the Middle Passage, slavery and the Islamic world, spiritualism and religion, resistance and the Underground Railroad, free Black settlements.
Dates: 1490-2007 CE
For more primary source collections, see the Primary Sources: History research guide.
SuperSearch can also be used to find primary sources.
Enter your search terms and then, on the results page, use the publication date filter to find sources created during a particular time period. You can also filter by content type, such as newspaper articles or government documents.
